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Our biggest highlights of 2020!
Our biggest highlights of 2020!
🎉Happy New Year 🎉
We had an incredible year across our National Chapters and are looking forward to 2021!Throughout most of 2020, BEN operated on a $0 budget. In the spring we auctioned off an NFT art piece signed by our founder, Jeremy Gardner in a campaign with Cryptograph. The proceeds of the 6.6 ETH sale went to BEN.During Gitcoin Grants Round 8 in December we raised $1.3k, which was boosted by a special campaign where Gitcoin Grants donors were airdropped $BADGER by BadgerDAO. Additionally, donations to BEN were also being matched by Jeremy Gardner (Founder, Ausum Ventures) and Peter Smith (CEO, Blockchain.com).Lastly, we closed off the year with an incredible $400k donation from BEN’s founder, Jeremy Gardner.BEN is looking forward to all the incredible initiatives we have planned for the new year!
BEN Partners with Caribbean Blockchain Alliance
We are excited to announce our partnership with the Caribbean Blockchain Alliance!BEN and CBA will work together to create a curriculum for Caribbean universities and help connect their students to blockchain jobs and mentorship opportunities int he industry.Together we are looking forward to empowering the next generation of blockchain developers and enthusiasts.
Member Spotlights
BEN Turkey hosted a podcast with BEN Global Leader Antonio Gomes
BEN Canada alumni Duncan Brown published a Review of Wealthsimple Crypto
Weekly Industry Highlights brought to you by Blockchain Istanbul Center
Statistics indicate the combined market cap of BTC, ETH, and XRP jumped by almost 80% in the last three weeks, reaching $511.5bm this week.
Bittrex will be delisting privacy coins; Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH).
FinCEN to impose new regulation for disclosing crypto holdings above $10,000 at foreign exchanges.
Turkey’s Ministry of Commerce launched the next generation technologies themed DigiKamp competition program, including Blockchain, for tech entrepreneurs.
The total trading volume of NFT artwork hit an all time high of $8.2 million in December 2020.
Featured Upcoming Events
📅 When
: Nov 17 - Jan 25
🌐 Where
: Online
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Prizes
: Up to $50,000
Hack the Horizon is a collaborative, creative, and inclusive cross-chain hackathon focused on building applications that utilize the Horizon Bridge. Our singular aim to work with Ethereum and Harmony developers to build the most interesting, useful, and innovative applications that take advantage of Ethereum and Harmony's strengths.
More Upcoming Events
Golem Network Hackathon Dec 8, 2020 - Jan 5, 2021
Baseline Protocol 2020 Hackathon Dec 9, 2020 - Jan 6, 2021
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